antonyms Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Direction:

In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite (or) ANTONYMS in meaning to the given word as your answer.

Question : 6 [SSC (10+2) 2016]

EXAGGERATE

a) extravagant

b) understate

c) abundance

d) excerpt

Answer: (b)

understate (Verb) : to state that something is smaller, less important than it really is.

exaggerate (Verb) : to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is

Question : 7

ACCUMULATE

a) disperse

b) dismiss

c) below

d) aware

Answer: (a)

disperse (Verb) : to spread; scatter; to move apart.

accumulate (Verb) : to gradually increase in number; collect; amass; build up.

Question : 8 [SSC CHSL (10+2) 2015]

STERILE

a) fertile

b) infertile

c) dense

d) barren

Answer: (a) 

fertile

sterile (Adjective) : infertile; not able to produce children; not good enough to pruduce crops.

 

Question : 9

CONCILIATION

a) dispute

b) irritation

c) separation

d) confrontation

Answer: (d)

confrontation (Noun) : a situation in which there is angry disagreement

conciliation (Noun) : the act of pacifying ; the act of making somebody less angry or more friendly

dispute (Noun) : an argument or a disagreement

irritation (Noun) : the act of annoying somebody

separation (Noun) : the act of separating people or things

Question : 10 [SSC (CGL) 2010]

AMELIORATE

a) improve

b) depend

c) soften

d) worsen

Answer: (d)

worsen (Verb) : to make or become worse than it was before

ameliorate (Verb) : to make something better

improve (verb) : to make/ become better than before

depend (Verb) : to rely and be able to trust; to be sure and expect that something will happen

soften (Verb) : to make or become softer, less bright, rough or strong; to become or make more sympathetic and less severe or critical

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